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Pregnant leg cramps

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Introduction

Introduction Pregnant women's leg cramps refer to pregnant women often have calf cramps during pregnancy, medically known as lower limb paralysis. About half of pregnant women have leg cramps in the second trimester, especially when sleeping at night.

Cause

Cause

After the second trimester, the weight of the pregnant woman gradually increases, the burden on the legs is aggravated, and the muscles in the legs are often in a state of fatigue. In addition, after pregnancy, the body's need for calcium is greatly increased, calcium and vitamin B, insufficient supplement is also a cause of cramps. Unpregnant women need 400 mg of calcium per day on average. After pregnancy, especially in the third trimester, the daily calcium requirement is increased to 1200 mg. At this time, if you do not pay special attention to diet, it is easy to cause calcium deficiency.

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Related inspection

Feelings of low back pain, serum osteocalcin (BGP), serum magnesium (Mg2+, Mg)

Diagnosis: Pregnant women experience leg cramps during pregnancy, especially during the second half of pregnancy, especially during sleep at night.

In order to avoid leg cramps, care should be taken not to make the muscles of the legs too tired; do not walk in high heels; massage the legs and feet before going to bed; raise the legs when sleeping. In addition, you should eat more foods rich in calcium and vitamin B, appropriate calcium supplements, vitamin D, to ensure proper outdoor activities.

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Differential diagnosis

Pregnant woman calves itching: This situation occurs more often after the second trimester, especially in the chest, abdomen, lower limbs, and severe rashes - red pimples, often smashed due to severe itching, seepage marks , crusting, called pregnancy pruritus.

Pregnant women's calf edema: About 40% of women in the third trimester have calf edema. It is convenient to have partial depression before pressing the inside of the ankle or the calf of the calf with a finger. Puffiness is due to changes in endocrine during pregnancy, so that there is water and salt retention in the body; in addition, the pregnant uterus oppresses the pelvic and lower extremity veins. It hinders blood flow and increases venous pressure, so edema often occurs at the distal end of the lower extremity to the foot. And the calf is the most obvious.

Pupil pain in pregnant women: Pain or soreness in the pubic bone of the pregnant woman (located at the junction of the thigh root and lower abdomen) during pregnancy. Pregnant women will suffer when they sit for a long time or when they go to sleep at night.